The Seer Spoke

By Daphne Martin

Craig, a dentist, and Laura, an art teacher haunted by her experiences in Africa, have arrived independently to live and work in Flauville on the coast of Southern France. Why is Laura afraid? What made Craig flee Britain? What are they trying to escape? AIDS? Bigamy? Murder? - Worse? Who is the terrifying Grey Man? The answers are dramatic. In a trance, Laura's friend Fiameta, a breathtakingly beautiful Ethiopian fashion designer and clairvoyant, utters mysterious predictions about Laura and Craig. It spins a spell that enmeshes weird, increasing tensions between the three of them and the Seer's partner - The Druid.While members of The Music Society prepare and put on a Show, they and Flauville residents experience ups and downs of normal life and enjoy traditional local events: an accident on an island Game Park, Arrival of the Three Kings, Mediterranean scenery is evoked when people march off on mountain hikes, a tragedy, an A & E mix-up, visit to an historical site... but they also discover that drama happens in real life just as much as on stage. There are swastika-sprinkled sub plots and undercurrents, Young Jewish women are being found gruesomely murdered. Who is committing the horrific serial killings? Why does Jacob, an elderly Austrian Jew, wear Gestapo emblems? Tattooed onto his forearm he has an Auschwitz number that he did not acquire in any concentration camp. He manipulates tall, handsome, but slow-witted Stefan, who looks unmistakably Teutonic. Why can Stefan speak only Arabic? We cannot help smiling at some of the antics that the story describes yet there is pathos when fishermen catch a dying seal. Helping to gradually rehabilitate the wounded creature Craig becomes a town hero but the police suspect him of murder. Good-natured Mario, too, the Italian restaurateur, who knows everything about everybody is suspected of being the serial killer. The gendarmes are also watching Jacob, Stefan and Laura's Greek friend, Aleksei. French C line is large, strong and nasty. A visit to Casablanca is romantic in every sense of the word.Meanwhile the sinister presence of a terrifying Grey Man is drawing ever nearer to Flauville. What will happen when he arrives? The gripping end unravels full of action and excitement.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1987750667
• ISBN13: 9781987750669
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"